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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0878
Abstract

This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

Dates: 1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Frances Cornford letters and poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0810
Abstract

Autograph letters and manuscript poems written by English poet Frances Cornford.

Dates: 1959-1960, undated

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0658
Abstract

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

Dates: 1904-1972; Majority of material found within 1949-1972

William Pryor letter to Cid Corman with prospectus for Tangent 4 and poetry manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1034
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter from English poet William Pryor to Cid Corman, a prospectus for Pryor's chapbook Away, and a ten-page original typescript by Pryor entitled "The First Nine Pages of UNEARTH."

Dates: 1979 September 8

The shades of evening veil the lofty spires … : sonnet

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0808
Abstract

Autograph manuscript of sonnet by David Lester Richardson.

Dates: after 1825

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1